Weather-strip



(No Model.)

0. BI HATHAWAY. WEATHER QTRIP.

No. 408,346. Patented Aug. 6, 1889.

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oLIvER BEDELL IIATI-IAWAY, or EDISON, oIIIo.

WEATHER-STRIP.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER BEDELL IIATH AWAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edison, in the county of Morrow and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in IVeather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in weather-strips and it consists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

111 the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a door, showing myimproved weather-strip applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

My improved weather-strip comprises a cap-plate A, which is secured to the outer side of the door and projects outward therefrom, the weather-strip proper B, which is arranged beneath the cap A, and a spring 0, which is secured to the door and bears upon the strip B. The strip B is hung loosely on the door by means of staples D, secured to the door and passing through openings in the said strip near the upper edge of the same. A packing-strip G, of rubber or other suitable material, is arranged over the upperedge of the strip B, to prevent water running off the cap and being blown back over the strip B, so as to run down under the door. The spring O is secured to the door at one end, and its other free end projects beyond the edge of the strip B and bears on the under side of the same. The spring thus holds the said strip normally elevated, as will be readily understood, and, if so desired, another spring may be secured at the opposite end of the strip, so as to aid in raising it. \Vhen the door is closed, the free projecting end of the spring strikes against the door-jamb, and is thereby pressed toward the door as the door is closed. The end of the spring being thus pressed toward the door, the pressure exerted by it against the weather-strip B is removed, and the said strip then falls by its own weight, so as to cover the space between the lower edge of the door and the upper side of the door sill or threshold. \Vhcn the door is opened, the spring will again press against the weather-strip and raise it, as will be readily understood.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,346, dated August 6, 1889.

Application filed March 8, 1889.

Serial No. 302,476. (No model.)

In. order to accommodate the end of the spring when the door is closed, I form a recess J in the edge of the jamb, and provide the said recess with a metallic wear-strip K, as shown. This wear-strip prevents the woodwork of the door-frame being worn away by the constant contact of the end of the spring thereon.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a weather-strip which is composed of few parts, and can therefore be manufactured easily and cheaply, which requires no attention when applied to the door, and which, when the door is closed, will effectually cover the space between the door and the threshold, and thereby prevent the entrance of cold air into the room, and also keep out snow and rain,and thus protect the floor and carpet.

The cap secured to the door covers the weather-strip and protects the same against injury, and also prevents the snow and rain from running down the doorbehind the strip B. Inasmuch as the end of the spring contacts with the door-j amb, and is thereby moved from under the strip, so as to allow the strip to fall by its own weight, I dispense with the use of all complicated tripping devices which have been heretofore found necessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combination, with the door, of the strip B, loosely hung on the door, the spring secured at one end to the door and having its other end projecting beyond the edge of the door, the intermediate portion of the spring bearing on the strip B, the packin -strip secured to the door and extending over the upper edge of the strip B, and the cap secured to the door and covering the strip B and the packing-strip, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoin as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER BEDELL IIATHAVVAY.

Witnesses:

T. H. DALRYMPLE, FRANK NYE GowEN. 

